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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

There are certain elements though to the bike that causes me to believe that it's a kitbashed/retooled version of the old ToyBiz bikes. The engine parts look nearly identical to the TB GR bike, while the body and frame look nearly identical to the old Toybiz Wolverine Mutant Cycle from the X-Men Evolution line, right down to the mirrors, spokes on the wheels, and removable winshield.

Of course, this might have to do with motorcycles tending to look similar altogether than anything. I don't believe though that this is an entirely new design though...Hasbro has access to a lot of those old Toybiz molds, so it wouldn't surprise me if they found something in a box and said, "Hey...there's still money to be made here..."

I'm with you though, I don't like the new GR bike one bit. I have a love for the old TB one, and I modded mine just a bit so that the current Johnny fits a little better on it (I also use it for the Nick Cage GR figure, which outside the tiny ball hips, might still be my favorite GR figure.) The bike has a certain goofy 70's flair that fits in perfectly with the character. That could be my age and the rose colored glasses I'm wearing though more than anything.

I'd be surprised if that were the case given that this new bike is a Harley while the old TB series 7 bike is distinctly a Chopper. It's significantly larger than the TB s7 Ghost Rider bike. The engine block has slight differences, the gas tank is larger, the fender is wider (as is the front wheel, naturally), the handle bars aren't at all the same ("ape hangers" on s7 + no mirror), and the seat is totally different. Additionally, the new Ghost Rider fig nearly doesn't fit onto the old TB Hell Cycle. That was most of the reason for my exaggerated pose when I first photoed it in the shared pics. Now if you are comparing it to Wolverine's Legendary Rider bike, then that's a slightly different story. I can't speak for the Wolverine bike, I never got around to buying that accessory (I have the variant fig only). However, after looking at a few pics of that bike, I also doubt it's that one because that bike does in fact share many parts with s7 bike. In the off chance that Hasbro up-scaled old molds of parts of the TB s7 Hell-Cycle/Legendary Riders bike to fit a larger figure frame...that strikes me as a bit counterintuitive and in that scenario it would make more sense to create a new bike since the cost of the process would be similar...but whatever, we'll see eventually. No bigge.